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Woodlice photo perspectives Examples of useful photo perspectives for ID when shooting woodlice.<br /> <br /> Always make sure you get a good view on the structure of head and tail(!)<br /> <br /> But of course other things are often useful too, such as:<br /> - Good views on head and and tail! (or am I repeating myself? ;o)<br /> - Colouration and surface sculpture (granulation etc.) of the whole animal<br /> - Ability to roll into a ball or not<br /> - A view on the ventral face of the pleon (hind body) to see the number of visible pseudotracheae<br /> - Shape and segmentation of the antenna and its flagellum <br /> - The shape of the hind corner of the first pereonite (1st. dorsal plate)<br /> That last point, combined with body outline at the pereon-pleon junction is also depicted here:<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/80445/woodlouse_contour_shapes.html" title="Woodlouse contour shapes"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3043/80445_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1763596810&Signature=32ynNzSQ3npkTuEebsCIWnvPcgg%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Woodlouse contour shapes Comparison of various details in the contour of woodlice useful in identification.<br /> <br /> The contour features shown here are NOT necessarily genus level characters, but rather serve as a general example of typical forms.<br /> <br /> This collage is intended to provide some visualization of what to look for if a description goes on about the shape of &quot;the hind corner of first pereonite&quot; or the &quot;body outline clearly indented at the pereon-pleon junction&quot; or some such.<br /> <br /> True family and genus characteristics are almost always defined by a combination of features (some ventral or microscopic). The features shown here may or may not be part or that (may vary within a family or even genus), but they always are part of the diagnosis of individual species.<br /> Isopoda,Oniscidea,Oniscus asellus,Philoscia muscorum,Porcellionides pruinosus,Woodlouse,Woodlouse ID help,nl: Berijpte pissebed,nl: Kelderpissebed,nl: Mospissebed" /></a></figure> Armadillidium pulchellum,Cylisticus convexus,Isopoda,Ligidium hypnorum,Oniscidea,Trachelipus rathkii,Woodlouse,Woodlouse ID help Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Woodlice photo perspectives

Examples of useful photo perspectives for ID when shooting woodlice.

Always make sure you get a good view on the structure of head and tail(!)

But of course other things are often useful too, such as:
- Good views on head and and tail! (or am I repeating myself? ;o)
- Colouration and surface sculpture (granulation etc.) of the whole animal
- Ability to roll into a ball or not
- A view on the ventral face of the pleon (hind body) to see the number of visible pseudotracheae
- Shape and segmentation of the antenna and its flagellum
- The shape of the hind corner of the first pereonite (1st. dorsal plate)
That last point, combined with body outline at the pereon-pleon junction is also depicted here:

Woodlouse contour shapes Comparison of various details in the contour of woodlice useful in identification.<br /> <br /> The contour features shown here are NOT necessarily genus level characters, but rather serve as a general example of typical forms.<br /> <br /> This collage is intended to provide some visualization of what to look for if a description goes on about the shape of "the hind corner of first pereonite" or the "body outline clearly indented at the pereon-pleon junction" or some such.<br /> <br /> True family and genus characteristics are almost always defined by a combination of features (some ventral or microscopic). The features shown here may or may not be part or that (may vary within a family or even genus), but they always are part of the diagnosis of individual species.<br /> Isopoda,Oniscidea,Oniscus asellus,Philoscia muscorum,Porcellionides pruinosus,Woodlouse,Woodlouse ID help,nl: Berijpte pissebed,nl: Kelderpissebed,nl: Mospissebed

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Thank you so much for all this incredible documentation, it must take a lot of effort to produce it, and before that...to study it. Posted 6 years ago
  2. View Pudding4brains's profile
    Pudding4brains
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    Hi Ferdy, mostly it is just a "cheap shot" now, as I've been digging up old images that I have created years ago (such as this one) for some other purpose and in the aftermath decided I might as well plaster JD with them ;o) Posted 6 years ago
  3. View Christine Young's profile
    Christine Young
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    Very valuable collage! Posted 6 years ago
    1. View Pudding4brains's profile
      Pudding4brains
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      Thanks Christine Posted 6 years ago

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